<span style="color: #222222;">In the last six years, Government has taken many important decisions on Defence. Ending a four decade long wait of veterans, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government announced the 'One Rank One Pension' scheme for ex-servicemen. In a major boost to the armed forces, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) yesterday approved the procurement of defence equipment for an approximate cost of over 8 thousand 7 hundred 22 crore rupees , including 106 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The step will strengthen the armed forces by relying on indigenous capability to take forward the initiative on Atmanirbhar Bharat. AIR correspondent reports that government is giving emphasis on positioning India among the top countries of the world in Defence and Aerospace sectors, from design to production, with the active participation of public and private sector fulfilling the twin objectives of self-reliance and exports.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Recently Defence Ministry has issued the formal government sanction letter for grant of Permanent Commission to women officers in the Indian Army, paving the way for empowering women officers to shoulder larger roles in the organisation. In 2018, the Indian Air Force inducted three women fighter pilots. India's journey towards self reliance in defence got a major boost after defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond that he timeline.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ending a four decade long wait of veterans, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 announced the One Rank One Pension scheme for ex-servicemen. It implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement. And finally, a batch of five Rafale fighter jets touched down at the Ambala air base last month. Rafale is the first western combat aircraft to join the Indian Air Force 23 years after Sukhoi aircrafts were imported.</span><br />